Dehradun police have yet to arrest a man who had allegedly killed an old woman before stealing thousands of rupees from her home on Monday night.
Dalanwala Police Station in-charge CS Bisht said that a case has been registered against Govind, native of Bijnor (Uttar Pradesh) based on compliant received from Chetan Singh, son of deceased on Tuesday. Police has been deployed to nab the accused.
Sources revealed that a thief named Govind had entered the home of Chetan Singh, located at Valmiki Basti on Monday night. When he was trying to break the lock of a box lying in the room where the 60 year old woman was sleeping, she woke up and cried for help. He strangled her to make her quiet causing her to lose her balance. She hit her head on the frame of the bed which caused her death, said Bisht.